The author writes that walking away after a down years shows bad upon the guy. Yet if he does take a leave its not from having a bad year. After all he came very close to taking a leave after winning the SB ! There's an article in the L.A. Times today that addresses a lot of this. Everyone handles stress different and McVay is wound up even at funerals. He's so tight that he needs a breather just simply to wind down. IMO I think he's a perfectionist-which can be both good and bad. Anything that doesn't add up for him is going to affect him in ways that might not most others.
So yeah. I think the author is plain wrong.